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6 Using an optical drive An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store or transport information and play music and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs. All optical drives can read from optical media and some drives can also write to optical media, as described in the following table. Optical drive type Read from CD Write to CDand DVD-ROM RW media media Write to DVD ±RW/R media Write to DVD +RW DL media Write label to LightScribe CD or DVD ±RW/R Write to DVDRAM media DVD-ROM Yes No No No No No Drive DVD±RW/R Yes Yes Yes No No No and CD-RW Combo Drive DVD±RW/R Yes Yes Yes No No Yes and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support LightScribe Yes Yes Yes No DVD±RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support Yes Yes NOTE: Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are not necessarily all of the supported optical drives. CAUTION: To prevent possible audio and video degradation, or loss of audio or video playback functionality, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation while reading from or writing to a CD or DVD. To prevent loss of information, do not initiate Sleep or Hibernation when writing to a CD or DVD. If Sleep or Hibernation is initiated during playback of a disc, you may experience the following behaviors: ● Your playback may be interrupted. ● You may see a warning message asking if you want to continue. If this message is displayed, click No. ● You may need to restart the CD or DVD to resume audio and video playback. 12 Chapter 6 Using an optical drive ENWW